It is rare that a book is bad enough to move me to actual contempt and disgust. I am an extremely fast reader, half a book per day in the usual course of things, two books daily if I work at it; consequently I can swallow most written material by the simple expedient of gulping [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Review’
October 4, 2008
Religulous
I saw it tonight with my wife and her parents. I was not exactly overwhelmed. I mean, yadda yadda, it’s all true; religion really is rather absurd. But it’s easy to argue when you can censor the other guy’s reply. Also, I was rather disappointed in the quality of Maher’s arguments. He starts off well, [...]
July 23, 2008
Book review: Turtledove
I’m not generally a great fan of Turtledove, but I found “In the Presence of Mine Enemies” for a dollar in a clearance section, and eh, the price was right. I was pleasantly surprised: It seems the good professor has taken his critics to heart, and cut back a bit on the repetition. A good [...]
